List, Has anyone heard if the missing D was found? Curious, Jeff Farris On 11/29/08 5:54 AM, "reggaepass at aol.com" <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote: > List, > > I am forwarding this to the caut list at Nick's request. What a situation! > Please help keep an eye and an ear out for him and his (possibly) MIA piano. > > Thanks, > > Alan Eder > CalArts > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Gravagne <gravagnegang at att.net> > To: pianotech at ptg.org; 'CAUT' <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 2:52 pm > Subject: [pianotech] Steinway Rebuilt D (possibly MIA) > > Hello all, > > A rebuilt Steinway D # 464062 left our shop here in Strawberry, AZ Saturday > night en route to an Oakland, CA piano storage facility prior to its final > journey. The piano mover, Drexel Cunningham (AKA as Drex¹s Express), who we > have used twice before for interstate moves with good results, has been > missing in action along with his assistant since his departure. Along with > obvious personal contact, he has been known to us primarily through a cell > phone number and an email, both of which purportedly support a real office, > whether in his LA-area home or elsewhere. > > Like most interstate movers Mr. Cunningham informed us that en route to > Oakland he may have occasion to work in another pickup or two, and that the > Oakland arrival date (Monday the 24th) was not set in stone. That said, we > have not heard from him since he left our shop. In the past he has always > returned cell phone calls. The Oakland storage facility called us to inquire > about Drexel¹s ETA, since they too had not heard from him, and this after they > had left a couple of cell phone messages. > > At this point something is fishy. We have called the California highway patrol > and they report no accidents or other untoward accounts of his whereabouts. We > are in the process of investigating likewise here in Arizona. We do not have > his vehicle license plate number. He has left us with paperwork which shows a > ³shipper¹s number² and a ³carrier¹s number². > > Worst case I may need to report this instrument as stolen, but where to begin? > State DA¹s office? Etc.? > > So, to the List: anyone had a similar experience? Any thoughts, legal advice > or suggestions would be welcome. > > Wishing you all a pleasant Thanksgiving Day. > > Regards, > > Nick Gravagne, RPT > Piano Technicians Guild > Member Society Manufacturing Engineers > Voice Mail 928-476-4143 > > > > Tis the season to save your money! Get the new AOL Holiday Toolbar > <http://toolbar.aol.com/holiday/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000008> for > money saving offers and gift ideas. > Jeff Farris Piano Technician School of Music UT Austin jfarris at mail.utexas.edu 512-471-0158 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081205/4989d4b9/attachment.html>
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